Ban On ‘Scandalous’ TMs Is Probably Dead For Good
Earlier this month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office asked the justices to overturn a December ruling by the Federal Circuit that the Lanham Act’s …
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Fed. Circ. Ruling Takes ‘Blocking Patents’ To New Places
Fed. Circ. Ruling Takes ‘Blocking Patents’ To New Places Law360 Full coverage
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Fed. Circ. Ruling Takes ‘Blocking Patents‘ To New Places
The general idea behind the blocking patent doctrine is that if a company … “Had the court’s approach to the law of obviousness been in effect when …
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Feeding the Fire Of Genius: Intellectual Property And America’s High-Tech Future
For another, no less an authority than Abraham Lincoln counted patent rights among the six great breakthroughs of civilization, along with the advent …
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OPINION: Make Patents Great Again
Other court rulings make it profoundly harder to enforce patent rights and to stop patent infringers from continuing to produce and sell knockoffs.
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Rocker Bryan Adams calls for changes to Canada’s copyright laws to help artists
That’s how long it takes under Canada’s copyright laws for artists to regain … intellectual property law professor at Vanderbilt University Law School.
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EFF to Court: The First Amendment Protects Criticism of Patent Trolls
Our brief explains that both the First Amendment and the common law of defamation support this ruling. This case began when patent assertion entity …
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Yoshitaka Sonoda Sonoda & Kobayashi IP Law
Yoshitaka Sonoda of Sonoda & Kobayashi IP Law runs through the current IP landscape in Japan, it’s challenges, and looks to the future. What is the …
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Aloha no more
Mark Foreman, director of trademarks at law firm Osborne Clarke admits …. in Taiwan and how the law is beginning a shift in favour of patent owners.
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The American Lawyer’s Global Legal Awards Finalists
The American Lawyer’s Global Legal Awards Finalists … Varian Medical Systems’ patent infringement defense: Cooley and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart …